The next major release, .NET 11, should arrive in November 2026, and the project recently unveiled its first public preview. Like earlier first looks, it’s nowhere near feature complete, with several ...

"Our most important focus areas are cloud-native and intelligent app development," said Microsoft in outlining its vision for .NET 9, which this month shipped in its first preview ahead of reaching ...

If you spend any time listening and talking to Windows developers, you’ll know that there’s a lot of confusion and frustration about the direction of the platform, especially around .NET and UWP ...

Overview: Modern .NET evolved from .NET Core and supports cross-platform cloud development environments.NET Framework remains widely used in legacy enterprise s ...

In context: The .NET Framework technology has been part of the Windows platform since the NT 4.0/XP era, providing developers with an integrated environment (class library, language interoperability, ...

In the fast-paced realm of modern software development, proficiency across a full stack of technologies is not just beneficial, it's essential. Microsoft has an entire stack of open source development ...

The Mono Project has to be one of the most eagerly awaited open source projects for developers, bringing the .NET framework to Linux and other platforms, opening up a range of possibilities for ...

The consulting giant will unveil its Web Service Platform that's designed to accelerate the process of building customized business applications using Microsoft's .Net software. Martin LaMonica is a ...

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The shift to building on what was originally called .NET Core has brought big changes to .NET. Not only is it now open source and cross-platform, it’s also no longer tied to Windows’ release cycles.